transfer agent

An organization (such as a bank or trust company) that handles transfers of shares for a publicly held corporation by issuing new certificates and overseeing the cancellation of old ones and that usu. also main-tains the record of shareholders for the corporation and mails dividend checks.

• Generally, a transfer agent ensures that certificates submitted for transfer are properly indorsed and that the right to transfer is appropriately documented. [Cases: Corporations 128.1.]

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